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John Edward Prine [2] (/ p r aɪ n /; October 10, 1946 – April 7, 2020) was an American singer-songwriter of country-folk music.Widely cited as one of the most influential songwriters of his generation, Prine was known for his signature blend of humorous lyrics about love, life, and current events, often with elements of social commentary and satire, as well as sweet songs and melancholy ...
The song was inspired in part by Prine's crumbling marriage and a series of grisly murders the singer remembered the Chicago news media having a field day with when he was a kid. The John Prine Shrine website quotes the singer discussing his inspiration for the song: "It's an actual place along the Illinois-Wisconsin border.
David Allan Coe's 1983 album is titled Hello in There and features a cover of the title song, in tribute to John Prine. [citation needed] In 2020, Jason Isbell covered the song for the Alzheimer's Association's Music Moments compilation: according to Isbell, John Prine is one of his favorite songwriters.
Former Times staffer Robert Hilburn opines that from his debut album in 1971, John Prine, who recently died, was one of the greatest songwriters America has ever produced. The 10 best John Prine songs
There is no question that had movie critic Roger Ebert not walked into the Fifth Peg club one night in 1970 and heard an unknown singer/songwriter named John Prine, that Prine still would have ...
The song has been interpreted by numerous artists, including Swamp Dogg, Al Kooper, and Laura Cantrell, among others. [5] Johnny Cash covered the song in a live concert, changing the line "Jesus Christ died for nothing, I suppose" to "Daddy must have hurt a lot back then, I suppose", and later "Daddy must have suffered a lot back then, I suppose". [6]
Bruised Orange received mostly positive reviews when it was released. Writing in Rolling Stone in 1978, Jay Cocks proclaimed that "Steve Goodman is likely the best and certainly the most congenial producer Prine has ever had" and added "No matter when you play it, Bruised Orange carries the chill of Midwest autumn beyond autobiography ... into a kind of personal pop mythology."
John Kadlecik performed the song live at the New Deal Cafe in Greenbelt, Maryland, in 2011. Jamestown Revival recorded the song for their 2013 EP California. Sturgill Simpson released a cover of the song in 2021 as a single from the 2022 Prine tribute album Broken Hearts & Dirty Windows Vol. 2.